


DIRNAME(1L)       MISC. REFERENCE MANUAL PAGES        DIRNAME(1L)



NAME
     dirname - strip filename suffix from pathname

SYNOPSIS
     dirname path

DESCRIPTION
     This manual page documents the GNU version of dirname.  dir-
     name  prints the leading path part of the pathname _p_a_t_h.  If
     _p_a_t_h does not contain a leading  path,  dirname  prints  `.'
     (meaning the current directory).












































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